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Author(s)
Sabina Cenameri1 and Arjan Beqiraj2
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DOI:10.17265/2162-5263/2018.09.001
Affiliation(s)
1. Ministry of Tourism and Environment, Blv. Deshmoret e Kombit, No. 1, Tirana 1001, Albania
2. Faculty of Geology and Mining, Str.”Elbasani”, Tirana 1020, Albania
ABSTRACT
The Fushë Kuqe costal
aquifer is a typical confined alluvial aquifer. The aquifer medium consists of
sand-gravel and silt-clay layers intercalation which gave it a multilayer
character. The aquifer recharge occurs mainly by water infiltration from the
Rver Mat in the North, and from River Droja in the South. The water flow
direction is from northeast to southwest and from southeast to northwest,
discharging to the Adriatic Sea. Based on the chloride and TDS (Total Solids Dissolved)
content in groundwater, an advancement of sea water intrusion into aquifer was
evidenced. The direction of sea water wedge is from coastal south-western
sectors towards the north-eastern ones. Sample No. 6,
8, 9 and 10 show chloride concentrations over 100 mg/L and Na/Cl ratios less
than 0.86 implying that the groundwater is impacted by sea water intrusion. SR
(Simpson Ratio) values of 1.15 and 1.09 for water sample No. 8 and 10 are
indications of a slight seawater influence, while groundwater of sample no. 6
and 9 have SR values of 6.02 and 12.35 which are typical for a highly contamination
by sea water. All the points of sampled groundwater fall above the GMWL,
indicating that they have suffered a preliminary evaporation before entering
the aquifer, likely in the hydropower lakes of Ulza and Shkopet upstream the
River Mat course. Despite the narrow range of δ18O and δ2H
values (-6.80‰ to -8.00‰
and -54.00‰ to 42.00‰, respectively), the points of sample No. 6, 8, 9, 10 fall on the fresh water-seawater mixing line, indicating the influence
of the seawater intrusion.
KEYWORDS
Aquifer, groundwater, seawater intrusion, geochemistry, Fushë Kuqe, Albania.
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